Directed by:
John HustonCinematography:
Jack CardiffComposer:
Allan GrayCast:
Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull, Theodore Bikel, Walter Gotell, Richard Marner, Errol John, Peter SwanwickVOD (3)
Plots(1)
At the start of World War 1, German imperial troops burn down Reverend Samuel Sayer's mission in Africa. He is overtaken with disappointment and passes away. Shortly after his well-educated, snooty sister Rose Sayer (Hepburn) buries her brother, she must leave on the only available transport, a tired river steamboat The African Queen manned by the ill-mannered bachelor, Charlie Allnut (Bogart). Together they embark on a long difficult journey, without any comfort. Rose grows determined to assist in the British war effort and presses Charlie until he finally agrees and together they steam up the Ulana encountering an enemy fort, raging rapids, bloodthirsty parasites and endlessly branching stream which always seem to lead them to what appear to be impenetrable swamps. Despite opposing personalities, the two grow closer to each other and ultimately carry out their plan to take out a German warship. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Humphrey Bogart](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/186/164186707_30a2c4.jpg)
Humphrey Bogart
USA
Best movies:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Casablanca (1942)
![Katharine Hepburn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/339/164339158_1f72b9.png)
Katharine Hepburn
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
On Golden Pond (1981)
![Robert Morley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/416/416735_a7858c.jpg)
Robert Morley
UK
Best movies:
![Peter Bull](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272437_d12805.jpg)
Peter Bull
UK
Best movies:
![Theodore Bikel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272322_b76b85.jpg)
Theodore Bikel
Austria
Best movies:
My Fair Lady (1964)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
The African Queen (1951)
![Walter Gotell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272351_28640f.jpg)
Walter Gotell
German Empire
Best movies:
The X-Files – File 1: The Unopened File (1995) (video compilation)
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV movie)
The Longest Day (1962)
![Richard Marner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/334/334331_ae6cf2.jpg)
Richard Marner
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Password is Courage (1962)
The African Queen (1951)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
![Errol John](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/511/160511027_9abafc.jpg)
Errol John
Trinidad and Tobago
Best movies:
The African Queen (1951)
The Nun's Story (1959)
Guns at Batasi (1964)
Peter Swanwick
UK
Best movies:
The African Queen (1951)
Kill Me Tomorrow (1957)
The Colditz Story (1955)